The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-05-11
CURRENT CHAT.


Opinions on Various Topics by Many Men
of Many Minds.
Secretary BAxARD .--sIn my opinion there
should be regular diplomatic corps. APP
pointments to it should be of permanent
character. Young men should be selected
who are peculiarly adapted to the profession
of diplomacy to fill the minor positions, and
vacancies occurring in the highest grades
should be filed by promotion of the best
qualified. The pay of the members Of the
diplomatic corps should be fixed at such
rate that large private fortune would not be
necessary to enable representative to sus-
/ tain the honor Of the United States abroad
Liberal allowances should be made for ex-
penses."
| Ex-Assistant Postmaster General A. D.
HAzEN FL have had glory enough and shall
now go in for business and lucre. Office
holding is an anomaly in this country. The
young men who ought to take office, because
they are fitted for the duties, cannot afford to
take places because of the effect on them
selves. The old fellows, who can take the
places as well as not, are generally untitled
for duty. Under present conditions it is de
moralizing for young men to take office. My
old State is Pennsylvania. The popular tide
is for Blaine. 1t is marvellous what hold
he has on the people"
JOHN RusKIN :-'T am quite prepared to
spend all my best bad language in reproba-
ton of bi-tri-and-4-5-6 or 7-cycles, and every
other continuance and invention for suppressed
ing human feet on Gods ground To walk,
to run, to leap, and to dance are the virtues
of the human body, and neither to stride on
stills, wriggle on wheels, or dangle on ropes
and nothing in the training of the human
mind with the body will ever supersede the
appointed Gods ways of slow walking and
hard working.n
Senator GEORGE vEsT, of Missouri :--seThere
may be influences brought to bear that will
create desire ON Mr.. Cleveland's part for a
second term. ] refer to the possible ambi-
ton of his wife to remain another four years
ms the first lady of the land. She is young
and beautiful and if she is in the least like
Mrs. Adams and several other wives of for
mer Presidents there can hardly be doubt
that she will bring her husband around to
her way Of thinking
General w T. SHERMAN :-'.For persons
who have money, Paris is the gayest and
brightest place in the world. WhatI liked
about 1t most wore the clean streets, The
smooth pavements, the purity of the atmos-
phere consequent on the magnificent sanitary
provisions the cheap vehicles and the amrse-
ments. Paris is hardly as good place for
poor people to get along as London or New
York. But money is well-spring of pleas
are there.n
The Rev. THEoDoRE L. CUYLER :-'sThe
war has completely annihilated that old
dashing, slashing Southern aristocracy OF
''chivalry' and slavery. 1t is as dead as the
"dodo" or the lost books Of Livy In lis
stead is rising up new South with pillow
and school-book in either hand--a new
South that has exchanged the ancient hospi-
tality of the table and the whislley bottle for
a hospitable welcome to new and noble
ideas.n
JOHN BOYLE O'REfLLY al a low esti-
mate there are sent from Boston $500,00e and
from New York 81 600 each year by the
Irish to their relatives in Ireland Not to
make their homes happy not to make the
people comfortable but to pay to save their
lives, to save their little shelters to keep the
roofs over their heads, and to keep them from
the torch of Glenbeigh.'
Postmaster General Villas fof Charleston
people, They are very fine people was
prepared, of course to find some very super
ior people in that aristocratic old Southern
city, but was not at all prepared to find
such general high tone prevailing among
large portion of the entire citizens.n
ALBERT FINK 81 am more than ever
convinced that the places of the interstate
commissioners are no sinecures. The quess
short a sng .nnispf The clause relating TO
humane .olution.r --. = 4.